Eden Education:
Bug Hotel

Year level: Reception-6 (FS-KS2)
Curriculum: Understanding the World, Science: Plants, All Living Things
Materials: Tarpaulin/large sheets of paper, magnifying glass, bug pots (opt.), bug hotel materials (e.g. straw, twigs, stones)

Students explore different insect habitats, explain how body parts help them survive, and build a bug hotel, using the best materials for the habitat. Students then monitor the hotel and record insect activity and behaviours over time.